On Zheng Guofan's Legal Thought And Practice

Zheng Guofan ( 1811-1872 ) is one of the key figures in Chinese modern history .There are many research papers about his works, but it is rather rare related to its legal thought. As to the study of the legal thought and practice is a kind of new trial. However the practice can better reflects the legal thought and values, so I chose this topic -- on Zheng Guofan's legal thought and its practice. I hope can vividly reflect Zheng Guofan 's lesser-known side.In the mid-nineteenth century, the Qing Dynasty was beset with troubles internally and externally and was on the brink of collapse. Zheng Guofan, traditional Chinese culture master, on the occasion of danger messy occasion,used military means to suppress the peasant uprising, and in the process he gradually formed a Confucian thought, and became the third generation of the school reading people's representative. Legal thought is an important part of the Confucian thought. He argues that application of law is the guarantee of rule needs, a combination of courtesy and legal advocacy. Zeng adhere to the ceremony as a prerequisite, and made a severe penalty should be applied to sequence, in order to achieve management officials, the people and the action is brought under tolaw. Therefore, the realization of the human world. In his view, it is certain that occure by law, rule-based methods and means of ceremony.In foreign relations, in view of the huge gap between Chinese and foreign strength,he advocated" diplomacy, the treaty as", waiting for the opportunity.This paper puts Zheng Guofan in the background of great historical change, from the dialectical materialist standpoint, explores the historical origin of Zheng Guofan's legal thinking and social background. Combined with its military and political career and Westernization practice, elaborates on his legal thoughts of" combination of etiquette and laws", " law enforcement impartially", " Ren laws than any people", " Chinese and foreign representations, the treaty as" the four major aspects of legal thought and practice, in order to attract the academic community to study this issue deeply. Study of Zheng Guofan's legal thought and practice, it has significant historical value not only to know Zheng Guofan's personality, but also to understand the social changes in modern China, with. If we can learn from the useful historical experience and make the past to serve the present, it will make this study more significant.